(a.) Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
(a.) Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
(n.) The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
(n.) A roan horse.
(n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
Example Sentences:
(1) BBC sports editor Dan Rowan tweeted: Dan Roan (@danroan) Action of US sponsors also raises issue of whether broadcasters (who bring more £ into FIFA than corporates) should make a stand too... October 3, 2015
(2) Buffalo and roan antelope were also selected for food but, because of their behavioural characteristics, neither was continually available to the tsetse population and they had no influence on its distribution.
(3) One roan antelope was anaemic, but the other animals had haemoglobin levels within the normal range and appeared to be in a good state of health.
(4) In reply to the BBC sports editor, Dan Roan, Armstrong said: “My answer is not a popular answer.
(5) Although this reduces the power of fingerprints for linkage analysis substantially, we were able to demonstrate genetic linkage between fingerprint bands and at least three of the classical markers, to exclude the roan locus from 4.5 Morgans of the bovine genome with the DNA fingerprints and for an additional 2.5 Morgans with the classical markers, and to identify a solid candidate marker for the bovine muscular hypertrophy gene, yielding a lod score greater than or equal to 2.84 without any obliged recombinant.
(6) Cloned DNA fragments of AHV-1 and OHV-2 cross hybridised with DNA prepared from cells infected with the roan antelope virus and the intensity of reaction suggested that this virus was more closely related to AHV-1 than is OHV-2.
(7) A herpesvirus was recovered in culture from the cells of a roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) following cryopreservation in DMSO and it is thought that the DMSO may have been involved in reactivation.
(8) A clinical diagnosis of chronic renal failure associated with nephron atrophy and fibrosis was made in 4 blue roan Cocker Spaniels.
(9) The concentrations of 8 variables in the blood of impala and roan antelope exposed to acute stress were investigated.
(10) Two of the pedigrees were informative for segregation at the 'muscular hypertrophy' locus, and one was informative at the coat colour determining 'roan' locus.
(11) The leopard complex of white spotting patterns in horses consists of the leopard, few-spot leopard, blanket, blanket with spots, varnish roan (or marble), snowflake, frosted, speckled, and mottled patterns.
(12) To find a marker for the bovine "muscular hypertrophy" gene and for the "roan" locus, we have typed six cattle pedigrees totaling 540 animals for nine blood group systems, for 12 biochemical markers, for RFLPs at four loci, and with five probes revealing multilocus DNA fingerprints.
(13) On inoculation into rabbits the virus induced malignant catarrhal fever indicating that roan antelope should be considered as a possible source of infection.
(14) The question is how much improvement there will be,” lead analyst Debra Roane told AAP.
(15) No linkage was found either with the 'muscular hypertrophy' locus, or with the 'roan' locus.
Roon
Definition:
(a. & n.) Vermilion red; red.
Example Sentences:
(1) To this end, mRNA molar concentrations were determined and compared with rates of protein synthesis from previous studies [van Roon, M.A., Charles, R. & Lamers, W.H.
(2) It was time for Aitor Karanka to introduce Gastón Ramírez and De Roon.
(3) Bar an early Álvaro Negredo volley, directed off target following decent work from Stewart Downing and Adam Forshaw – impressing in central midfield after keeping Marten de Roon on the bench – Boro were initially on the back foot.
(4) Manchester City failed to avoid anticlimax after the thrill of beating Barcelona when they conceded a late Marten de Roon equaliser that left Pep Guardiola disgusted in the technical area.
(5) It’s a privilege for us to be able to bring a player like this to the club.” Valdés, who made more than 500 appearances for Barcelona in a 13-year career in which he won the Champions League three times, La Liga six times and also picked up winners’ medals for Spain at the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, is Middlesbrough’s fifth signing of the summer after Viktor Fischer, Bernardo Espinosa, Marten de Roon and Jordan McGhee.
(6) As the game ended Agüero could rue skying over from close range, as now came De Roon’s moment.
(7) Sergio Agüero’s 43rd-minute finish – a 150th goal in 223 appearances for the club – appeared to be the winner until Adama Traoré was left free to run across almost the whole field from the right, George Friend was allowed to float the ball in and De Roon beat City’s jumpers to finish past Claudio Bravo.